Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 15.7% on Feb. 27

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 15.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 848,181 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,865 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,853 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 842,952 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15.6% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22% of total generation, while wind power plants and natural gas contributed 18.7% and 18.1%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,980 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 11,208 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye